Rock, funk, and straight-ahead blues are all covered with ease on Across the Water, guitarist Bernard Allison's first release on the Tone-cool label. Allison is the son of blues guitarist Luther Allison and while the blues was a constant in his early listening, the rock and funk influences of his generation also played a natural part in his musical upbringing. Allison employs producer Jim Gaines who has worked with Santana, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Albert Collins, helping to achieve the right blend of musical influences without getting away from the blues focus.
Genre - Blues
Styles - Modern Blues
Time - 49:17
Format - mp3@224 Kbps
Size - 77 mb
Tracks
01. The River's Rising
02. Meet Me Half Way
03. I Just Came Back to Say GoodBye
04. I Want to Get You Back
05. Love Is Free
06. Coming Back (Across the Water)
07. Change Your Way of Living
08. Feels Kinda Funny
09. Work It Out
10. There's No Higher Love
11. I've Been Down
Credits
Bernard Allison (vocals, electric guitar, slide guitar)
Paul Diethelm (guitar, dobro)
Jim Spake (saxophone)
Joe Mulherin (trumpet)
Bruce McCabe (piano, keyboards)
Ernest Williamson (hammond organ, tambourine)
Mike Vlahakis (keyboards, tambourine)
Kim Yarbrough, David Smith (bass)
James Knowles (drums)
Willaim Brown, Jackie Johnson, Reba Russell (background vocals)
Label
Tone-Cool, 2000
2 comentarios:
I heard this playing over the store's sound system at Virgin; it was so good I had to find out who the artist was. Though the clerk didn't have a clue, he did know how to open the CD player and check. I am glad he did. This is a new generation player who knows his roots, but who has found his voice early in his career. Stylistically, it's about 30% rock and roll, 70% Chicago blues. And as much as I love the old stuff, Bernard's mix sounds real good right now.
No hace falta ser un purista de blues para entender este increíble trabajo de Bernard Allison, lo unicoa que necesitamos es estar en sintonía con las nuevas tendencias del blues contemporáneo. Puro blues de Chicago. La presencia de SRV, Robert Cray, Hendrix, y especialmente el legado de su padre, Luther Allison, es fantástico en todos los temas. Recomiendo este disco, y puedo decir que Bernard es realmente uno de los mejores artistas emergentes del blues.
¡¡ Una joya!!